Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba

Prince Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan (12 December 1827 – 15 October 1886)[1] was a Romanian-French prince.

His wife, Rakoul, appears in a fashionable crowd in the Bois de Boulogne drawn by Guth, 1897.

Early life

Prince Grégoire was born in Kraków on 12 December 1827 and was a son of Prince Georges Bibesco (Gheorghe Bibescu) and Princess Zoé Bassaraba de Brancovan (Brâncoveanu).[1]

Personal life

His daughter, Anna, Comtesse de Noailles, by Philip de László, 1913.

He married Rakoul (Rachel) Musurus (born c.1848), the daughter of Pasha Constantine ('Costaki') Musurus (1807–1891) the Turkish ambassador to Britain. Among her extended family was uncle Anthony Asquith (a prominent English film director), aunt Elizabeth Lucy, Princess Bibesco (wife of Prince Antoine Bibesco). Her maternal grandparents were Prime Minister of the United Kingdom H. H. Asquith (later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith) and the socialite and author Margot Asquith.[2] They had three children:[3]

From left to right, standing: Prince Edmond de Polignac, Princess of Brancovan, Marcel Proust, Prince Constantin Brancovan (brother of Anna de Noailles), and Léon Delafosse. 2nd row: Madame de Montgenard, Princesse de Polignac, Countess Anna de Noailles, 1st row: Princess Hélène Caraman-Chimay (sister of Anna de Noailles), Abel Hermant

Their home, Villa Bassaraba just west of Évian at Amphion-les-Bains, was a gathering place for music and poetry lovers, including Marcel Proust, Prince Edmond de Polignac, the Princess de Polignac (formerly Winnaretta Singer, a daughter of Singer sewing machine fortune founder Isaac Singer), Prince Antoine Bibesco, and the novelist Abel Hermant.[3]

Prince Gregoire died in Paris on 15 October 1886.[1]

Descendants

Through his daughter Hélène, he was a grandfather of Prince Marc-Adolphe de Caraman-Chimay (1903–1992).[5]

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